rust, should I sell the truck?

[ksjh1316]

Thats beautiful sheet metal I tried to change out my battery last week and it nearly fell thru the truck looked a lot more solid when I started now there are hugh holes in my inner fender and core support

[glock35ipsc]

You want to sell the truck over that???? How much do you want for it? Man, people would KILL for a truck with a teeny bit of corrosion in the usual spot.

[Pont406]

I will have body guy come over and look it over. For $1400 I was hoping for no rust. Ohh well.

[raggedjim]

Dude, seriously, you don't need a body guy for that. Let him look at it but you can replace that inner fender yourself in 30-45 minutes (maybe faster if the bolts aren't rusted up) If it were mine I would weld up the pin holes, blast it and be very happy...

For $1,400 I would expect big rust in the area I'm from. You got a great deal on that truck.

Rg

[sleepyboy]

Originally Posted by Pont406

I am pissed, PO said no rust.

My no rust ebay truck resulted in 2 rockers, two floor pans; two cab corners; a whole floor under the gas tank; and a BUNCH of cowl welding.

[1970cstblazer]

Originally Posted by Pont406

I will have body guy come over and look it over. For $1400 I was hoping for no rust. Ohh well.

Your expectations are unrealistic.

[Bishops Trucks]

Are you new at this game? For $1400.00 bucks you got one hey of a deal.

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by 1970cstblazer

Your expectations are unrealistic.

Considering a no rust cab can fetch over 1000 bucks...
I have to agree.

[BigSky71]

Rust looks looks like the picture below, you just have a cosmetic issue to fix!

[raggedjim]

Pont, we're not picking on you, just want you to know that the truck you have is better than 90% of the trucks we usually see, and you got a heck of a deal on it.

Rg

[Longhorn Man]

90%???? I would say 95% if that is all the rust on the truck honestly.
And for 1400 bones.... that sounds like the deal of the century.
Put the engine back in, ship that truck over here, I'll wax it and put it in my front yard, I'll even put bright red arrows pointing towards the rust, and we can split the 10 grand 50/50.

[retodd7711]

p.o. probably never had the battery box out. He never even saw that area.
look at some posts on this board, we'll show you rust big enough to drive a truck through!!

[raggedjim]

[QUOTE=Longhorn Man;2351710]90%???? I would say 95% if that is all the rust on the truck honestly.QUOTE]

Well, I went low because I don't have hard numbers to back me up! But if that was all the rust I had, I'd be so happy i'd be Lord of the Riverdance!

Rg

[70rs/ss]

Well I picked up my 2wd Blazer less a motor and paid $1500 with some holes through the rear quarters, I almost didn't buy it but it is A 2wd BLAZER!! Your very nice original loaded truck for $1400 should have cost you at least $2800 so replace the inner fender and get on with the motor install. BUT if you are deadset on selling it I'll give $700 for it and you can keep the poncho and I'll come pick it up. PM me if you want it gone.

[CrashEd]

For rust under the battery tray id say %100 of the trucks i have looked at. I would be tickled to death to find one like that even at 3 thousand dollars but i am in the rust belt

[glock35ipsc]

Yeah, that truck could fetch anywhere from $2500 to $5000 here.

[70cstjr]

if thats rust how do u think our truck feels?

['68 longbed]

lol....i showed that to lulu (the truck)....she laughed so hard that about 10 pounds of rust fell out from under her.

lol....brother, you got a great truck, don't sweat it. these trucks have been around too many decades to be flawless. the only flawless trucks you'll find have 30 grand or more in them and that's 'cus there isn't an original peice of metal on them.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Wheres the rust...

[70' GMC]

Originally Posted by 70cstjr

if thats rust how do u think our truck feels?

I got rust but it aint that bad and my truck had the motor rebuilt and had the radiator fixed for 20 bucks and motor was rebuit for 950 bucks and about 412 bucks to have it put in and I have the oldest truck at my highschool but im not ashamed of it. I out ran a 06 mustang gt and a 07 charger r/t but they were stock and mine a little bit better than stock . Im from NC

IF you dont want Ill junk to my house and drive till it rusts and then you will see what rust is all u have do is clean it with some wd 40 and a steel wool and wipe it till its dry and take black can of spray paint to it cause whos gonna see it just try it!!!!!

[wibilly]

please post up some pics of this trucki'm sure better than half of us has never seen a truck that clean. i paid $1000 for a cab and front clip with no title and thought i got the deal of the century.and i would pay that much more for a box as nice

[Pont406]

Thank you for encoragement guys. I called PO and he said that the truck spend 2 years in Hawaii during service. Maybe thats were it picked up some rust. My body guy looked at it and didnt find any more rust or repairs. He did show me that left rocker has some surface rust. After closer inspection most of that brown stuff is from blown heater hoses or radiator.
I will continue working on it. Here are some pics.

[IvelDesigns]

Originally Posted by Pont406

I will have body guy come over and look it over. For $1400 I was hoping for no rust. Ohh well.

tell ya what man. I'll give you $1500 for it if that's the only rust you can find....

I'll even kick in $25 so you can be a registered member and sell me the truck w/o upsetting the forums gods.

You can even keep the drive train that you pulled from it.

[Premium72]

Originally Posted by 1970cstblazer

Your expectations are unrealistic.

ha..

dude, body guy? must be the cali smog wow